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Cobra attack helicopter crash kills 2 South Korean army pilots
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (303+ words) A South Korean army AH-1S Cobra attack helicopter trains over Kangwon province, South Korea, Aug. 8, 2008. (John Hageman/U.S. Navy) Two South Korean army pilots were killed this week when their AH-1S Cobra attack helicopter crashed about 50 miles northeast of Seoul, according…...
Work begins on $230 million border project at military range in Arizona
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (526+ words) Construction has begun on a defense contract to replace 15 miles of fencing along a training range in Arizona at the Mexico border with a new, taller barrier and an access road for federal border agents to patrol the area. (Screengrab…...
Air Force plans to move units from Florida to Arizona’s Davis-Monthan AFB for new special ops wing
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) A U.S. Air Force operator with the 492nd Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla., conducts a free-fall mission out of an MC-130J Commando II from the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., during Emerald Warrior 22.1 over Eglin Range, Fla., May 4, 2022. (Harrison Winchell…...
101st Airborne to take over military efforts at border with Mexico
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (352+ words) Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, take cover behind a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a recent rotation at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif. in April 2025. The 2nd ABCT will replace the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,…...
USS Arizona memorial to resume ticketing after months of disruption from repair efforts
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (369+ words) Navy divers install mooring anchors and containment buoys around the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 20, 2025. (Blake Midnight/U.S. Navy) The National Park Service will begin taking advanced reservations on Monday for tours of the USS Arizona Memorial for…...
The new Mexican Border Defense Medal uses design from over a century ago
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (346+ words) The Mexican Border Defense Medal is pictured at the Pentagon, Aug. 20, 2025. The medal will be awarded to service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico for Defense Department support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Alexander Kubitza/Department of Defense.)…...
Troops deployed to US-Mexico border will get a new medal
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (451+ words) Army Sgt. Davis Duncan, left, and Sgt. Tyrese Stanley prepare to hook up a sling load to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Fort Bliss, Texas, on July 16, 2025. (Rynishia Lewis/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON " U.S. troops serving along the southern border since Jan. 20 to…...
US military officials caution troops ahead of EU border system rollout
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (508+ words) The new European Union Entry/Exit System is expected to begin gradual operations on Oct. 12, 2025. EES is an automated identification check system that digitally records the entry and exit of most non-EU nationals to Schengen Area countries, including some where…...
Legislation introduced to expand benefits for atomic veterans on 80th anniversary of first bomb test
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (517+ words) As the world marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert, a Nevada congresswoman introduced new legislation Wednesday intended to streamline benefits for those military veterans exposed to radiation while supporting nuclear programs or…...
Add ailing cleanup veterans to expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (198+ words) The plume of a nuclear weapons test detonation rises over Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, July 25, 1946. (Library of Congress) July 16 marks 80 years since the United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb in the desert of New Mexico. This marked the…...